diff --git a/libraries/animation/src/AnimInverseKinematics.cpp b/libraries/animation/src/AnimInverseKinematics.cpp
index 6558ba5f1d..6a6abff84c 100644
--- a/libraries/animation/src/AnimInverseKinematics.cpp
+++ b/libraries/animation/src/AnimInverseKinematics.cpp
@@ -156,7 +156,10 @@ void AnimInverseKinematics::solveWithCyclicCoordinateDescent(const std::vector<I
         // solve all targets
         int lowestMovedIndex = (int)_relativePoses.size();
         for (auto& target: targets) {
-            lowestMovedIndex = solveTargetWithCCD(target, absolutePoses);
+            int lowIndex = solveTargetWithCCD(target, absolutePoses);
+            if (lowIndex < lowestMovedIndex) {
+                lowestMovedIndex = lowIndex;
+            }
         }
 
         // harvest accumulated rotations and apply the average